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Environment - current issues Botswana, in 34 editions.
The entry for Botswana published Environment - current issues in 34 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2024. The text changed in 8 editions. Each is shown as published. Environment - current issues in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 8
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2024
Published as “Environment” (1990 to 1996), “Environment - current issues” (1997 to 2024), “Environment-current issues” (1998) and “Environment--current issues” (1999).
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2016 edition
Same as 2015The same text in 1990 and 1991.
Published as “Environment”
- rains in early 1988 broke six years of drought that had severely affected the important cattle industry;
- overgrazing;
- desertification
rains in early 1988 broke six years of drought that had severely affected the important cattle industry; overgrazing; desertification
Published as “Environment”
- rains in early 1988 broke six years of drought that had severely affected the important cattle industry;
- overgazing;
- desertification
rains in early 1988 broke six years of drought that had severely affected
the important cattle industry; overgrazing; overgazing; desertification
Published as “Environment”
overgrazing, desertification
rains in early 1988 broke six years of drought that had severely affected overgrazing, desertification
the important cattle industry; overgazing;
The entry for Botswana did not include Environment - current issues.
Published as “Environment”
- current issues:
- overgrazing, primarily as a result of the expansion of the cattle population;
- desertification;
- limited natural fresh water resources
- natural hazards:
- periodic droughts;
- seasonal August winds blow from the west,
- carrying sand and dust across the country,
- which can obscure visibility
- international agreements:
- party to - Climate Change,
- Endangered Species,
- Law of the Sea,
- Nuclear Test Ban,
- Ozone Layer Protection;
- signed,
- but not ratified - Biodiversity
Rewritten: too little of the 1993 text remains to mark the changes.
current issues: overgrazing, primarily as a result of the expansion of
the cattle population; desertification; limited natural fresh water
resources
natural hazards: periodic droughts; seasonal August winds blow from
the west, carrying sand and dust across the country, which can obscure
visibility
international agreements: party to - Climate Change, Endangered
Species, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection;
signed, but not ratified - Biodiversity
Published as “Environment”
- current issues:
- overgrazing, primarily as a result of the expansion of the cattle population;
- desertification;
- limited natural fresh water resources
- natural hazards:
- periodic droughts;
- seasonal August winds blow from the west,
- carrying sand and dust across the country,
- which can obscure visibility
- international agreements:
- party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection;
- signed, but not ratified - Desertification
current issues: overgrazing, primarily as a result of the expansion of
of the cattle population; desertification; limited natural fresh water
water resources
natural hazards: periodic droughts; seasonal August winds blow from
the west, carrying sand and dust across the country, which can obscure
obscure visibility
international agreements: party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered
Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection;
Protection; signed, but not ratified - Biodiversity Desertification
- overgrazing;
- desertification;
- limited fresh water resources
Rewritten: too little of the 1996 text remains to mark the changes.
overgrazing; desertification; limited
fresh water resources
Published as “Environment-current issues”
- overgrazing;
- desertification;
- limited fresh water resources
overgrazing; desertification; limited
fresh water resources
Published as “Environment--current issues”
- overgrazing;
- desertification;
- limited fresh water resources
overgrazing; desertification; limited
fresh water resources
The same text in 11 editions, 2000 to 2010.
- overgrazing;
- desertification;
- limited fresh water resources
overgrazing; desertification; limitedfresh water resources
The same text in 7 editions, 2011 to 2017.
- overgrazing;
- desertification;
- limited freshwater resources
overgrazing; desertification; limited fresh water freshwater resources
The same text in 7 editions, 2018 to 2024.
- overgrazing;
- desertification;
- limited freshwater resources;
- air pollution
overgrazing; desertification; limited freshwater resources resources; air pollution
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Botswana: Environment - current issues.” The World Factbook, 1990–2024 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/botswana/environment-current-issues.